Topic
Carbon Sequestration
53 published works
Environment, Land & Resources
President Obama’s Climate Action Plan Reinforces Support for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)
On June 25, President Obama issued the Climate Action Plan to expand the federal government’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and combat climate change. In addition to focusing…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Study Shows Hundreds of Years of Carbon Storage Capacity Available
By Jeryl L. Olson and Eric E. Boyd The Department of Energy announced on November 16 that the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), one of seven public/private carbon sequestration…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Chopsticks Destroy Forests, While Toymakers Save Them
I couldn't help but link up these two items within the same post. Chopsticks and toys - who would think that these common items would implicate forest resources to a…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Forests Worth More than a Gold Mine
I am partial to forests. I believe that of all the natural resources, forests provide the most environmental and economic "bang for the buck." Consider all of the following that…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Name That Amount of Carbon in….One Tree!
If you are like me and you sit around each day pondering "how do they know how many trees it takes to store 1 ton of carbon?," then today is your…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
The Dirt on Climate Change
Discover recently highlighted a new (and old) tool to combat climate change - dirt. The article, titled "Could Dirt Help Heal the Climate?," details new research demonstrating that better stewardship of…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
CO2 Sequestration Rule Announced
By Greg Russell
U.S. EPA has finalized a rule governing the sequestration of carbon dioxide, according to this press release. More specifically: "EPA finalized a rule that sets requirements for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide,…
Renewable + Law
EPA Releases Two New Final Rules Today Regarding Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
By Sara Bergan
An update from Sara Bergan and Sarah Johnson Phillips Federal Requirements Under the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Geologic Sequestration (GS) Wells See Pre-publication Rule The…
Rocky Mountain Real Estate Law
Carbon Sequestration: A New Source of Value in Real Property?
By Chris Toll
As the presence of carbon dioxide increases in the atmosphere, so does interest in ways to dispose of that carbon dioxide. One possibility is to store it in underground gaps,…
Arkansas Timber Law Blog
Biochar: From Timber Waste to Climate-Change Cure-all?
In case you haven’t heard, a new study in Nature suggests that biochar, a charcoal created from biomass, could be used not only to enrich soil and to replace fossil…